Celebrity diets: Obama’s healthy vacation, Mike Tyson’s weight gain and why you shouldn’t listen to celebrity diet tips anyway
Obama keeps health at top of agenda
Barak Obama may not be president yet, but he’s already setting the tone for how his days in office will look, and they’re likely to include daily workouts whenever possible. Before he took the day off on Christmas Obama had been to the gym more than 40 days in a row, and advisors say if he doesn’t get in at least an hour workout daily he’s not happy.
In Chicago he’s been working out at the members only gym in the luxury apartment complex Regents Park, where a friend has a condo. His routine includes weight lifting and a cardio rotation on a stationary bike, treadmill and elliptical machine.
He says he’s been exercising regularly since he was 22 years old, and he wants to install a full basketball court at the White House so he won’t have to leave the grounds for a pickup game. And he hopes to be able to continue working out at least six days a week while in office. Here’s hoping some of that presidential fitness trickles down to the rest of the country.
Ashley Tisdale’s bread problem
Ashley Tisdale of High School Musical fame told Shape magazine she keeps in great shape through diet and exercise, but one thing she can’t possibly give up is carbs.
She says in the past she was too skinny, but working out with a trainer has gotten her in a healthier shape. But she says she loves all kinds of carbs, especially French fries, bread and corn bread.
Mike Tyson is packing on the pounds
Not too long ago our own Dr. J suggested that holiday temptations were similar to a knockout punch from Mike Tyson. But it looks like Tyson himself has been hitting the goodies a little too hard.
His recent appearance at the Game of the Year awards showed him sporting a paunch and pleated pants instead of his leaner and healthier fighting look.
Don’t follow celebrity diet advice
Finally, we love celebrity diet news as much as anyone, but a new report from the British charity Sense About Science says that a lot of what celebs say is bogus.
They developed a list of some of the big lies told by celebrities concerning weight loss and health this year, including Kate Moss and Oprah Winfrey touting detox diets, Demi Moore saying she keeps young with leeches and Stella McCartney’s claims that ingredients commonly used in makeup are “scary” and also used in antifreeze.
They also note that Obama has said he considers a link between autism and vaccinations as a possibility, and that British food writer Delia Smith has said that addiction to sugar causes obesity.
(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)
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